2013 Newsletters
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Cemetery - Mrs de Sturler
January 2013
Nursery news; Tribute to Peter Caldwell; Echidna survey; Third Cemetery - Madam de Sturler; Leptospermum juniperinum; Ocean Care Day; Xanthorrhoea regrowth after fire.
Bandicoot Heaven
February 2013
Native Plant Nursery; Bandicoot Heaven - volunteering; North Head - Michael Rolfe; Third Cemetery - Edmund Thurlow; Old Hoard of Sovereigns; Regrowth after fire; Xanthorrhoea flowering.
Cunningham's skink
March 2013
Clean Up Australia; Welcome swallows; Climate Watch Walk; Cunningham's Skink; bug eats spider; Scott Pentland - military heritage talk; Third Cemetery - Ebenezer John Wakeham; Weed - Scotch Thistle.
Toni and Sue
April 2013
Four year celebration; Sue Halmagyi gets an award - well done, Sue!; record of plantings - numbers and areas planted; Glycine microphylla; Clean up Australia Day - a sterling effort; Mary Johnsen nominated for an award for 15yrs service at North Head; Education Centre needs helpers; Climate Watch walk.
Wall soon to be opened
May 2013
Next General Meeting - May 18 Orchids; Aboriginal Heritage Walk - Jun 22; Climate Watch Walk - Jun 2; Echidna watch; New walk soon to Fairfax Lookout; Xanthosia pilosa; Breakout from Quarantine; Third Cemetery - Thomas Robinson.
Wall now open
June 2013
Thank you; The effects of fire; AWC missing from North Head; Back in Time; New Walk now that the wall is now open; Native Plant Nursery Igloo is now functional; Third Cemetery - bubonic plague; Scizaea dichotoma.
Sue with volunteers
July 2013
Tribute to Sue Halmagyi - celebrating her contributions to North Head over the last few years.
The photo is of Robyn, Sue, Toni and Janet who were planting out seedlings in the Nursery at the time the photo was taken.
Even two weeks before Sue passed away, she was tackling a new project - see photo to the right.
Railways on North Head
August 2013
Annual General Meeting; Nursery watering system; ESBS revegetation trial; QS Open Day; Parsonsia straminea; Springs on North Head; Railways on North Head; Stony Range Open Day.
Sundew
September 2013
Spring wildflower walks; AGM report; Nursery igloo up and running; International Fleet review; Caladenia carnea; Odours on North Head; Sundew; Third Cemetery - the Antillian.
Additions to Nursery
October 2013
Spring walks; Additions to the Nursery: Burchardia umbellata; Navy Fleet Review; Odour investigation at North Head; Smallpox in Manly in 1888 and Dr Watkins fined for negligence.
Julie Nettleton
Building 229 collapsed
December 2013
Storm damage to Building 229: The Igloo for North Head Sanctuary Foundation Nursery: comparison of 2010 and 2013 opposite Bandicoot Heaven; Stylidium lineare: Third Cemetery - Alice or Agnes Blendell?: the wreck of the ketch, Emma Matilda.
